The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-05
FULFILLMENr OF A DREAM.
The Death of an Englishman That Was
Revealed In a Vision.
ILondon Tit Bis. !

London Tit Bits
1 was out walking with my friend, Henry
Wilson, when, turning suddenly to me, he
said:
''Eastes, do you believe in dreems?"
at depends upon what you mean by be-
lieving in dreams" | answered. u believe
that people have dreams, but don't believe,
as some say, that one can tell the future by
dreams. Some say that dreams go by con-
traries, but l don't believe that, either. L
don't think dreams have anything to do with
what is going to happen"
81 hope you are right" he said, earnestly,
''for l had a horrible dream, or rather night
mare, last night. dreamed that l should
die to-day"
"Well, said, 81 hope you don't believe
that"
And we walked on in silence for some time,
but Wilson began again:
81 should not have paid any attention to
my dream last night only / dreamed it three
times, and each time the dream was more
vivid than before"
81 believe in cause and effect, answered.
Perhaps you took an indigestible supper
last night:''
Wilson did not seem to appreciate having
supper mentioned as the cause OF his bad
night, and so did not deign to take any no.
tice of my last remark.
Well, we walked on. Other topics were
discussed, and we both seemed to have for
gotten all about Wilson's dreams of the
night before. After we had walked on for
some distance we came to a town, in which
lived some people whom 1 wanted to call on.
They were old friends of the family, and
quite unknown to Henry Wilson, so l said
to him:
Wilson, have to call on some friends in
this town; would you like to come with me,
or would you rather wait for me-"
''Oh, how long will you be?' he asked.
ut is some little distance to my friends
house" 1 replied; II don't think l could be
back in less than an hour and a half"
'I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll take boat
and 60 on the river" he said, land L ii be
here again in an hour and a half, and then
we can walk back together"
The river flowed through the town, and
Wilson proposed rowing away from the
town.
Every well" returned, and set off to
my friends.
1 had seen my friends, and 1 was returning
to the place at which we had agreed to meet,
when l saw that the meeting place was sur
rounded by small crowd of people. As l
approached | wondered what could be the
matter; surely, il could not be anything cont
nected with Wilson's dream. | put that
thought out of my mind in an instant as
being absurd. | thought it was rather a
bother that this crowd should have assem-
bled around the particular spot st which we
had agreed to meet.
/ asked what the matter was. The old
man who lets ont the boats told me what it
meant. He said: There's a gentleman
drowned"
"Where was he drowned?" asked.
'He was drowned there he said, point
ing to rather dangerous part of the river.
He was found only ten minutes ago."
''Where is he now?n inquired.
The man pointed to old disused bath
house.
Hes lying there, " he said.
AS L knew that Wilson had gone out boat
ing, and as somebody bad been found dead
in that part of the river in which he was
boating. l could not repress a shudder at the
thought of who the poor gentleman lying
dead in the boat-house could be. went into
the bost-hOuse and saw the body. 1t was
the body of my friend, Henry Wilson.
/ have simply stated the facts. do not
say that Wilson's cream was foreshadow-
ing of the death which was to meet him dur.
ing the day, but do say that if his dreams
did not foretell his death it is the most ex-
traordinary coincidence that has ever come
within nay experience.